As a Rutgers football fan, you know you're old when.....

[RUtix4me]

You got a piece of the wooden goal post after a win over Princeton.

The cannon was on the hill in south endzone

The bridge you crossed from downtown was the Metlars lane bridge not the rt 18 bridge

At the end of football season you got ready for hoops at the Barn.

 

[RUtix4me]

You used a photo copier to make your parking pass. And before that you didn’t need one.

 

[Roy_Faulker]

Thursday night football!

 

[RAA-1]

When you would go to Palmer Stadium to watch the annual preseason game between the Giants and Eagles. Go back a few weeks later in a jacket and tie to take in the Rutgers vs Princeton game.

Oh and the Friday prior to the game spray painting the PU cannon red.

 

[RUPete]

You would drive to the store very Friday to buy the Star Ledger to read the weekly fact-based well written story about the football team and the prediction for the upcoming game in Saturday.

Was it written by Joe Calabrese or Tom Luicci?

 

[Plum Street]

you were dancing on tables at the Knight Club after the Pitt game....what a long warm day of debauchery

Were you dancing with @RU848789 and discussing the darkness with the temporary lights ?

 

[HPNJRUfan]

Oh and the Friday prior to the game spray painting the Rutgers cannon red that thieving Princeton miscreants pilfered.

FIFY

 

[NickRU714]

Do I win a prize with this one:

The first two games you ever attended were Villanova/Buffalo as a freshman.

Wasn't even on campus for 24hrs before witnessing the Villanova loss in 2002.

 

[Scarlet Jerry]

Was it written by Joe Calabrese or Tom Luicci?

Calabrese.

 

[Doctor Worm]

Sunday mornings with Pat Scanlan on the play by for NJN along with Mike Mayock as the sideline reporter

Pat Scanlan? No love for Dick Landis? If you don't remember him, then you ain't that old.

 

[RUPete]

Pat Scanlan? No love for Dick Landis? If you don't remember him, then you ain't that old.

I remember him more for basketball on NJ public television.

 

[DJ Spanky]

As a Rutgers football fan, you know you're old when.....

.....you can remember the cannon being on the hill!

Anyone remember, one year at Homecoming, after the combined halftime show by the Alumni and RU Band, one of the alumni bass drummers went on the field to be a target for the cannon?

.....I tailgate and listen to a certain DJ speak of his heyday revelry in the marching band.

You should certainly feel blessed to have that shared with you over a high quality scotch!

You used a photo copier to make your parking pass.

I resemble that remark! I used to wait until a member of our tailgate was able to scan in one of our Yellow Lot passes, then I had a ream of paper I had matched perfectly to what they used and access to a high quality color printer.

 

[hoquat63]

.....you can remember the cannon being on the hill!

Anyone remember, one year at Homecoming, after the combined halftime show by the Alumni and RU Band, one of the alumni bass drummers went on the field to be a target for the cannon?



You should certainly feel blessed to have that shared with you over a high quality scotch!



I resemble that remark! I used to wait until a member of our tailgate was able to scan in one of our Yellow Lot passes, then I had a ream of paper I had matched perfectly to what they used and access to a high quality color printer.

Back when I started working for stadium parking there were no passes - you pulled up, paid your dollar and we stuck handed you a receipt- if you had a university parking decal as student or employee we waved you in for free

 

[RuSnp]

You remember playing teams called "1-AA" and those teams somehow tended to have the best player on the field.

 

[PiscatawayMike]

You know what part of the stadium was sponsored by Halecrest.

 

[Rutgers NJ]

You were at The Garden State Bowl and Rutgers lost to Arizona State after being up 10- 0 early.

 

[50 yd line RR]

Getting chased by the campus cops on horseback trying to sneak in.

 

[tru2ru1]

Concession stands only open during half time

 

[Rutgers Chris]

You almost died of alcohol induced dehydration because you didn’t bring any cash into the stadium to buy a water and the only atm in the stadium was out of order.

 

[1devotedfan]

You attended RU first ever bowl game and also attended RU most recent bowl game 45 years later.

I am in that club!

 

[1devotedfan]

You almost died of alcohol induced dehydration because you didn’t bring any cash into the stadium to buy a water and the only atm in the stadium was out of order.

Atm?????? you can't be that old!

 

[RUBigJ]

You watched them run a single wing offence!

 

[e5fdny]

You watched them run a single wing offence!

And you spell it like those across the pond. LOL

 

[RUInsanityToo]

Pull a Friday setup overnighter in the first row of the Yellow Lot in prep for the Saturday Kegger Tailgate.

 

[mildone_rivals]

You ate at Greasy Tony's at 3am.

 

[mildone_rivals]

Or, from the generation alpha crowd...

You attended a game during GS's first stint on the banks.

 

[MulletCork]

You could go into a game curb licking drunk and not be bothered by EMTs trying to take your blood pressure to make sure you were ok.

 

[Scarletnut]

You witnessed or participated in streaking in the Quad.

 

[oldtimer67]

You could go out for a couple beers at halftime and come back into the game.

When I was a student you didn't "go out" for a couple of beers. We took cases of beer into the stadium.

 

[WhiteBus]

Park in yellow lot for 2 bucks

I remember when the lots had no names. What is now the blue lot was known as "the lot with the tree" as there was a tree in the middle of the lot. And you could park where ever you want. No parking attendants.

 

[RU_87]

You grabbed a bunch of friends tix stubs to bring to gate to get more friends in

 

[RUPete]

I remember when the lots had no names. What is now the blue lot was known as "the lot with the tree" as there was a tree in the middle of the lot. And you could park where ever you want. No parking attendants.

“The lot with the tree.”

 

[rurichdog]

Fraternity/student group tailgates were welcomed and possibly better attended than the game itself

 

[JoeRU0304]

-you 'followed' non-televised games by watching the score ticker on ESPN

-you can finish this phrase: "Always Rutgers, Always __________"

-you picked up your student game tickets and guest tickets at the RAC

-you saw the original 'Thunder and Lightning'

-you watched Rutgers games on NJN, CN8 and/ or Channel 9

Joe P.

 

[RUbot]

Atm?????? you can't be that old!

The first ATM I ever saw/ used was in the small bank by the Busch Student center during my freshman year. And in what became the yellow lot... the preferred location for most students to go to the bathroom was the wooded area that surrounded the yellow lot. Back then they either had no, or very few porta-johns.. Then once in the game it was the troughs in the small buildings outside the walkway surrounding the stands

 

[RUbot]

If you want to see historical aerial photos of the RU stadium going back to 1940 and even 1931 before the stadium was built go to this site and type in Rutgers Stadium.... great way to see the evolution of the area and the whole campus
https://www.historicaerials.com/viewer

 

[looby]

The only option to catch the game was WRSU, followed by Knightline.

 

[hoquat63]

You remember Halecrest Paving ads on the radio

 

[e5fdny]

-you 'followed' non-televised games by watching the score ticker on ESPN

-you can finish this phrase: "Always Rutgers, Always __________"

-you picked up your student game tickets and guest tickets at the RAC

-you saw the original 'Thunder and Lightning'

-you watched Rutgers games on NJN, CN8 and/ or Channel 9

Joe P.

Or:

“”STS…. ____ !”

 

[bac2therac]

You had homecoming at Giants Stadium in the Toilet Bowl game vs Boston College